Archives for January 2013

Shopping for a 12 year old boy is tough. The only two things he wanted were to join a field hockey team and to have a special birthday dinner at Outback Steakhouse. The dinner was easy enough to handle, but here are NO hockey teams anywhere close to us. 12 year olds no longer play…

In the last 17 1/2 years since I got married and had kids, I’ve gathered up quite an extensive collection of home movies. I started out using one of those enormous camcorders recording on VHS, then moved to a smaller camcorder using smaller tapes. Eventually, we bought a video recorder that used mini DVDs, and…

In honor of my son’s birthday, I wanted to share the recipe for these delectable rice krispie treats that I made this past weekend. The addition of dry cake mix adds a touch of flavor to the classic rice krispie treats, and the sprinkles add a touch of FUN that will draw the kids (and…

Tomorrow, my oldest son (baby #3) will wake up as a 12 year old. It’s already bad enough that he’s growing about a foot a month and is in high school math at the middle school. Sigh. There’s no avoiding or denying it now. I’m about to have a teenage boy in the house. Wednesday…

My kids and I are just a little bit excited that Hotel Transylvania is available on DVD and Blu-ray today (shh…don’t tell, but someone who’s having a birthday tomorrow is getting this!). To celebrate the release of the DVD, my kids and I came up with a super-fun and easy craft inspired by the movie….

My two youngest kids and I have been enjoying reading a book together called The One and Only Ivan, and were thrilled to find out that “Ivan” was crowned with the 2013 Newbery Medal. What is the Newbery Award? The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by…

This past week, I was able to attend (and photograph) the wedding of an old friend of mine. I love how happy love makes two people. And I love, as a photographer, to be right in the middle of so much new, fresh love so often. I love this “Love is the flower” quote from…

Today we woke up to snow on the ground. The last few days have had a single-digit low (when KitKat left for school on Wednesday morning, Weather.com said it was 9° outside). That’s cold. And it means that we’re spending a lot more time indoors. I’m sure you can imagine what 7 people cooped up…

Last week, I spent an evening wandering around the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit with my friend Jenn from The Rebel Chick, and I came home with so many photos that I had to make a few collages to share. I don’t know about Jenn, but the attraction I enjoyed most (do you call them…